The comarca of the Axarquía is getting bone dry yet the summer has only just begun. Its largest reservoir has been left gasping.
The Drought Drags On
by Hugh MacArthur •
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
It’s Orange, It Floats & It’s Back
by Martin Myall •
No, we’re not referring to Donald Trump at the seaside, but to the appearance of an orange floating substance off the beaches of the Axarquía.
Deep Delivery
by Martin Myall •
Water, water everywhere… except where it’s needed, the poet might have added, which is certainly the case in the Axarquia; its main resevoir stands at just 14% capacity.
Get Divorced!
by Martin Myall •
That’s not a piece of advice from The Seaside Gazette, by the way, but the titled of a billboard on the roadside of the A-356 where it goes through Vélez-Málaga
Body Found Floating near Balcón
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Guardia Civil are investigating the circumstances behind the death of the woman whose body was found floating near the Balcón de Europa.
The 2022 Black Flags
by Vivienne Hughes •
Every year, the same as beaches all over Spain are awarded Blue Flags for their excellence, ecologists award Black Flags at the opposite end of the scale.
Free Paint & Tax Cuts
by Hugh MacArthur •
Andalucía prizes its white villages which is why after a sustained calima intrusion from the Sahara, town halls are trying to get their streets white again.
Blue Rebellion
by Hugh MacArthur •
Residents of Vélez-Málaga were out on the streets yesterday over Town Council plans to impose new Blue Zones on many streets.
Teen Killed Diving from Rock
by Hugh MacArthur •
A 19-year-old lad died after jumping off an overhanging rock just past Burriana in Nerja on Thursday last week.
Sand Shuffling Scuffle
by Martin Myall •
The Good Folk of Morche are far from pleased to see the sand from their beach being lorried off to replenish Playa de Ferrara in Torrox.